Diplomatic Crunch
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Narendra Modi’s soft-power diplomatic efforts abroad are being undone by hardline politics at home
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Bidisha Biwas & Anish Goel
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Government must expand India’s diplomatic corps, needs separate IFS exam: Shashi Tharoor
The Congress leader, who heads the parliamentary panel on external affairs, said 800 diplomats is far too modest a number.
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MEA budget has risen 150 per cent over the decade, but it still takes months to free Indians jailed abroad
Ministry is still woefully short of staff, says spokesman.
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